Yes, the same two-person crew cleans your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and booking both jobs together costs less than two separate trips. Across New Jersey, most of our customers book this twice a year, in spring and fall, so the crew you hear from on the phone is the one on the ladder.
Priced by stories, not by a visit. The bundle costs less than two trips, and the number on the phone is the number on the invoice.
We price by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle done in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. Some window cleaners quote as they go, but the number we give on the phone is the number we charge, and that number is set before the crew arrives.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. On multi-story buildings, a third story or a steep roof means more time on the boom or scissor lift. A large window count, or oversized panes, means more time on the glass. Gutters that have not been opened in years, or are packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate treatment that cleaning alone will not remove. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Here is how we get to an exact figure. Give us the number of stories, a rough window count, and a photo of the front of the house sent by text. Tell us if the gutters have been cleaned in the last year or not. With those four things we can quote the job, and we will tell you which part of the price comes from the windows and which from the gutters. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house to book a date. Most of our Echelon customers come to us for the bundle because it keeps the water from the roof off the glass, and because one crew handling both jobs means one setup and one bill. If you want the windows washed for curb appeal before a listing, the gutters should be clear first so runoff does not put dirt back on the sills. Clogged gutters that overflow in heavy rain can also cause water damage to the fascia and the wall below, which is one reason we do the gutters before anything else. Our window washing is exterior only on this visit, and we do not clean windows inside or do pressure washing, but the glass outside is where professional window cleaning makes the biggest difference to the look of the house.
| Gutters only | Exterior windows only | Both in one visit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| One story | from $150 | from $170 | from $275 |
| Two stories | from $225 | from $240 | from $375 |
| Three stories | from $295 | from $330 | from $495 |
For context, nationally. Angi puts the average US gutter cleaning at $168, most homeowners paying $119 to $234 (Angi, 2026). Exterior-only window cleaning runs roughly $4 to $10 per window, or $100 to $250 for a typical home, with $3 to $5 per window more on upper stories (Angi, HomeGuide, via Google AI Overview, Oct 2026). Priced by stories, the most common model, a two-story gutter cleaning sits around $150 to $300 nationally. If a quote you are holding sits far outside these, ask what is driving it.
On every house we work, the first scoop out of a gutter ends up on the wall below it. We put the glass last so it ends up there once.
Gutters first, glass last. That is the order on every job our crew does, and it is the reason we book both with one crew instead of sending two.
What we see from the ladder. When we clear a run, the leaves, the grit and the black water that sits under them come down the wall and across any window below it. Flushing a downspout throws more of it, in a stream, onto the panes beside the outlet. If the glass was washed first, someone has to wash them again before we are off the ladder. So we do the roof blow-off, clear the gutters, flush every downspout, give the wall a few minutes to stop dripping, and only then start on the glass. The panes under the downspout outlets are the last ones we touch on the house.
Two things we do differently from a window-only crew. We rinse the siding under each run before we move to the glass, so nothing left on the wall washes down onto it in the first rain. And we do the top-floor glass from the same ladder position as the gutter run, one setup per side of the house, which is where the bundle saving comes from: no second trip, no second setup.
Downspouts flushed, screens rinsed, sills wiped, bags hauled. None of it shows up as a line item.
Gutters. Roof blow-off where debris sits above the gutter line. Every run hand-cleared, not just the visible stretch from the ground. Every downspout flushed with water until it runs clear, and a blocked one cleared on the spot where it can be reached from above. A downspout that feeds a buried drain line is checked at the outlet; clearing the buried line is a separate job, quoted before anyone touches it. Debris bagged and taken away. Before-and-after photos of each run, sent to you before the crew leaves.
Windows, exterior only. Every reachable pane on the outside of the house, cleaned with a water-fed pole and purified water so the glass dries without streaks or towel lint. Frames wiped. Screens taken down, hand-rinsed and put back on request. Sills wiped. Upper-story windows done from the pole, not from a ladder leaned on the siding.
Not included, and we say so up front. Interior glass. Hard-water or sprinkler staining etched into the glass, which needs a separate mineral treatment and is quoted after the crew sees it. Post-construction paint, stickers or stucco. Skylights and solar panels. Pressure washing of siding, decks or driveways. Gutter guards: if a run is covered, lifting and reseating the guard adds time and is quoted by the foot before the visit, never on the day.
Twice a year for both, and the same two months, which is why one visit covers it.
Most of our Echelon customers book our cleaning services twice a year, in late May or June and again in November, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Across New Jersey the spring visit lands after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit lands after the leaves are down and before the first hard freeze.
At the spring visit, the pollen shows as a yellow film on south-facing glass, and the gutters hold a paste of pollen and seed at the downspout elbows. At the fall visit, the gutters carry a wet leaf mat, and the glass shows the grime that built up over the summer on every window facing the road. Storm and wind seasons, the nor'easters that move through in the colder months, can shift the dates by a few weeks, so we call before we come.
Regular cleanings suit most houses twice a year, but some need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits, and those houses are usually on every three to four months. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and a house close to a busy road or a construction site collects more film on the glass. Those are the cases where we suggest adding a visit, and we explain why from what we find on the ladder.
You will know the windows need it when you see a haze that only shows when the sun is low. You will know the gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in the rain instead of running down the downspout.
Most two-story homes are done in a morning. You do not need to be there, and you get the photos either way.
The crew calls the day before with a two-hour arrival window, and again when they are on the way.
How long. This Old House puts a professional gutter cleaning at 30 minutes to an hour on a typical house. Exterior windows on the same house run about the same again or a little more, so plan on a morning for a two-story home and most of a day for three stories or a house with a lot of glass. Gutters that have not been touched in years, steep roofs and wraparound porches run longer.
Before the crew arrives. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, so the glass is dry and the ground is not mud. Move cars off the driveway if windows face it. Keep pets inside while ladders are up. Unlock side gates. Nothing else; the crew brings its own water and power.
While they work. Gutters first, glass last, as described above. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work; the crew does not come inside. If something cannot be reached safely (a pane over a sunroom roof, a gutter run behind a tree limb) the crew photographs it and tells you rather than guessing.
After. Photos of every gutter run and the finished glass, sent by text or email before the crew leaves. The invoice matches the number quoted on the phone.
Send a photo and we tell you what it is. No argument about whether it rained.
Streaks. Purified water dries clean; a streak means something was missed, and that is on us. Send us a photo of it and we tell you what it is.
Spots that come back. Round white spots that return a day after cleaning are mineral deposits from sprinklers or hard water etched into the glass, not dirt. Cleaning cannot remove them; a mineral treatment can. The crew flags it on the visit so you are not surprised.
Rain the next day. Rain is distilled water and does not dirty clean glass by itself; what spots glass after rain is dust already on the frame or screen washing down. That is why frames and screens are done, not just the pane. If it looks worse after a storm, send the photo and we look at it.
Overflow after a cleaning. If a gutter runs clean and still sheets water over the edge in the next rain, the cause is slope, a sagging hanger or an undersized downspout, not debris. The crew notes what it saw and tells you; cleaning it again will not fix it, and we will not sell you a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Your house. Ladder stand-offs on every ladder so nothing rests on the gutter lip or dents the siding. Screens go back in the window they came out of.
Neighborhood by neighborhood, with a lead time we say out loud, and a call before the truck turns in.
We offer window cleaning services and gutter cleaning on residential properties across Echelon, and our crew works the neighborhoods closest to the city center as well as the streets further out. The estimate for our washing services starts with a phone call or a text with the number of stories and a photo of the house front. Call (866) 435-6328 to schedule service, or text the photo. From there we set a date, and our calendar fills fastest in the two busy windows of the year, when the spring pollen and the fall leaves are both at their peak.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. The crew does not come inside, and before the first visit we call to confirm the arrival window. If something changes on the day, the call comes first. We do not promise same-day or next-day service, so when you ask about timing we give you the lead time we actually have for your street.
Gutter guards, sprinkler lines and tree cover all affect how the gutters and glass behave between cleanings, so we ask about them at the estimate. A house with a sprinkler line hitting the glass needs a different plan than one with clean gutters and open sky. Condos and townhouses with shared walls and a common roof have their own schedule, and every residential window on a shared wall is checked with the building before the crew arrives. For homes with gutters and downspouts that channel runoff toward the foundation, a clean run keeps the water moving off the house instead of pooling by the wall. Our crew clears and flushes each downspout so the water has a clear path, and the crew works to remove dirt from the gutter and the wall below before it moves to the glass. That is where most of the difference shows up after the first rain.
Yes, on our jobs it is the same two people. We do the gutters first and the glass last, because gutter debris that runs down the wall would soil clean windows below.
The number comes from the number of stories and the approximate window count. Give us those by phone or text and we will quote the job before the crew arrives.
On our Echelon jobs the outside carries most of the pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spotting, so the glass looks dirtier from outside than from in, and cleaning the outside is usually the visible change. The crew works with water first and reaches for cleaning solutions only on a frame that needs one, and tells you before it does.
This page covers houses, so give us the building type on the phone and we will say whether the job fits. Most of our customers here book in late spring and again in fall, when the pollen and the leaves build up.
No, gutters first and glass last. When the gutters are cleared first, the debris has already come down before anyone touches the windows.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and picture windows get the same outside cleaning, with none of it billed as an extra. Tracks are a separate step we quote from the number of windows.
Interior and exterior glass are different jobs, and this visit covers the exterior glass only. We do not clean inside the windows and we do not do pressure washing.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and unlock the side gate.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
